kummel

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See also: kümmel and Kümmel

English

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Etymology

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From German Kümmel.

Noun

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kummel (countable and uncountable, plural kummels)

  1. A German caraway liqueur.
    • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 140:
      ‘The best kümmel comes in those bear-shaped bottles. It comes from Russia.’

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Dutch

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Etymology

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18th-century borrowing from German Kümmel, which see. Doublet of komijn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʏ.məl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kum‧mel
  • Rhymes: -ʏməl

Noun

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kummel m (uncountable)

  1. caraway, Carum carvi
    Synonym: karwij
  2. kummel (caraway-based spirits)
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French

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From German Kümmel.

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kummel m (plural kummels)

  1. kummel

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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Swedish kumbel, from Old Norse kumbl, from Proto-Germanic *kumblą.

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kummel n

  1. cairn
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Etymology 2

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Dialectal variant of kol (coal) + mule (mouth). Cognate of Danish kulmule.

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kummel c

  1. (zoology) European hake, Merluccius merluccius
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